Fresh Outside Air (make-up air) makes up to 10% - 20% of the air inside your
building.

If your office building is near a freeway, then your building's fresh air contains
Ozone, VOC, & Diesel PM2.5
air pollution from vehicle traffic.

The air pollution from traffic can become quite concentrated on stretches of
road that see bumper-to-bumper traffic.

We Measure the Outdoor
Air and compare it with your Indoor Air.

We can improve your Indoor Air Quality (IAQ).

Licensed Texas Air Conditioning Contractor
TACLA3878C with special endorsement for IAQ.

*

Ozone is an enormous problem here in Houston

Houston can not meet the EPA Ozone Standard
after years and years of trying.

Houston has 26 Ozone Violations so far this
year 2012! (09/2012)

2012 Top 10 Most Ozone-Polluted US Cities

Houston Texas & 9 other California Cities

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.

Visalia-Porterville, Calif.

Bakersfield-Delano, Calif.

Fresno-Madera, Calif.

Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.

Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, Calif.-Nev.

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.

Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, Texas

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, Calif.

Merced, Calif.

*

Blue Bar for Ozone Violations in Houston TX during the
past 11 years

*

Harris County Galveston County Brazoria County

ADVISORIES SOURCE: National Weather Service

Air Quality Alert -- Houston under ozone alert today

Ozone Watch IssuedThe Texas
Commission On Environmental Quality...Has Issued An Ozone Watch For The
Houston...Galveston...And Brazoria Areas For Monday
August 20, 2012. Atmospheric
Conditions Are Expected To Be Favorable For Producing High Levels Of Ozone
Pollution In The Houston...Galveston...And Brazoria Areas. Elevated
Concentrations Of Ozone Can Act As A Lung Irritant. Individuals With Chronic
Lung Disease...Such As Asthma And Emphysema...And The Elderly And Small
Children...Are Particularly Sensitive To Ozone And Should Attempt To Avoid
Exposure. To Avoid Exposure...Minimize Exertion Outdoors During The Mid-Day To
Early Evening Hours Or Stay Indoors In An Air Conditioned Area During This Time.
Ozone Reaching Excessive Levels At Any Site In The Area May Move To Or From
Other Sites Within The Area...Depending On Wind Direction And Other Factors.
Excessive Levels May Linger Until Sunset. Ozone Warnings Will Be Issued If Air
Pollution Levels Are Detected At Unhealthy Levels.

*

March through October
An ozone exceedance day is counted if the measured eight-hour average ozone
concentration exceeds the standards. Ozone 8 - Hour 76 ppb

Because ozone needs sunlight to form, its
levels usually peak at mid-afternoon on hot, sunny days March through October.

*

OZONE O3

Air Alliance Houstonís executive director,
Matthew Tejada. The only way a person can protect their lungs from
ozone is to not expose your lungs to ozone.

The new annual standard
will be 12 micrograms per cubic meter, helping to protect those
especially vulnerable to air pollution, including the one in 11 U.S.
children with asthma. Soot is one of the deadliest types of air
pollution. It can cause heart attacks, asthma attacks, and even
premature death. Recent studies have found a possible association withautismas
well.

*

Indoor Air Quality at Work

OFFICE BUILDINGS NEAR A HOUSTON
FREEWAY

Houston Freeway Traffic

Over 1.5 Million Cars / Trucks per week
travel on the 610 Loop near the Galleria.

Emissions from cars and trucks are responsible for
half of all the air pollution in Houston TX

This study was designed to examine the relationship between
traffic-related air pollution using measures of nitrogen dioxide and
particulate matter and autism.

The investigators found that children with autism were more likely to
live at residences that had the highest exposure to traffic-related air
pollution, during gestation and during the first year of life.

*

PARTICLES (0.5 um) TRAPPED IN YOUR LUNGS OVER 8
HOUR WORK DAY

*

Air Monitor Equipment

VOC Monitor Graph of Bad Air Quality

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

VOC Monitor

Applied Sensor

USB Power 5 VDC

450 - 2000 PPM CO2 equivalent

Dylos Air Quality Monitor DC1700

Laser Particle Counter

Measures PM2.5 Diesel Truck Exhaust Fumes
in the range

>0.5 microns

>1.0 microns

Dylos Air Quality Monitor DC1700 Measures
Diesel Fume Particles (0.5 - 1 micron) in the air from the 200,000
vehicles that pass the clinic everyday.

*

Lung Damaging Dust -
Asthma is the most common childhood disease. This picture shows that the
0.5 micron particles are deposited deep in the Lung's Alveoli.

Our Lungs Filter out 15% of the
Lung Damaging Dust Particles from the air in the 0.5 micron
size range.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has made it
possible to tap into deep reserves of oil and gas but has also raised
concerns about air pollution.

The worries about what drilling does to the air areboth
global and local, with scientists concerned about the effects on climate
change as well as the possible health consequences from breathing smog,
soot and other pollutants.

Even if you don't allow smoking in your
apartment, your neighbor's cigarettes could affect you, according to a
study.

Secondhand
smoke can cause disease and premature death in non-smokers; it
potentially affects about 44 million Americans who live in multi-unit
housing each year, including 27.6 million to 28.9 million with
smoke-free apartments or condos, according to the study by researchers
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.